Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-02-16
The Fight Grows More Interesting as the Session
Nears It's ClOSs--Tas Fight Over the Pro
hiNihOn Bill Sill GOeS Msrrily
0n-NO Vote Reached.

| ton trOm the knights OF Labor TO the as
sembly.
The petition was a demagogical rehash
Of the campaign howl against Mr.. Camden
OF monopoly.
After the presentation OF the petition
MI. Lucas renewed the motion OF Mr..
Scott, and the assembly proceeded TO take
a second vote, which resulted: Camden
81, Maxwell 3S, Lucas :, Pierpoint l,
Newman 1, Quarter l, Johnston 5, John
son :. Delegate Reynolds, who is a eau
Gus Democrat, voted for Judge David Z.
Johnston, OF Mercer county, which, for
the time, caused some little surprise and
CONSERVATION, but the old gentleman
laughiDgly said 10 your correspondent
that he desired to compliment Judge
Johnston, who is from his own county,
and that he was solid and firm in his deter
mination to stick to Senator Camden as
the nominee of the caucus until the last.
Before the announcement OF the second
vote had been made, Senator Scott and
several other Republicans skipped around
FROM ONE REPUBLICAN TO ANOTHER
holding a short consultation, seemingly
with each, and the idea at once seized the
assembled crowd that a break was about to
be made, and the Republicans would vote
10 settle this long drawn out controversy.
The vote, however, was announced as
above, and the joint assembly dissolved.
The contest is becoming more interesting
each day as the end OF the session draws
near, and every wink, nod. hint or move
Is looked upon as beginning of some
movement to bring this Senatorial fight to
an end.
Delegate Reynolds will vote for Senator
Camden tomorrow and every one OF the
thirty-eight Will stand closely to their
nominee.
Mr.. REYNONDS' VOTE.
The Republican and Democratic OppO-
sitiOn to Senator Camden seemed to be
highly pleased this afternoon over the
fact that Delegate Reynolds had voted for
Judge Johnston for United States Senator,
and are claimining that tins is but the
beginning OF what promises to be Il gen
erll breaking up among the caucus Dem
ocrats and abandonment of Mr.. Camden.
Desiring to get the inside facts with refer
euce to the Signifcanees of Mr. Reynolds
vote, | went over to see him in the House
tonight and found him diligently engaged
before that body.
Mr. Reynolds" | asked, will you
be kind enough to explain the reason for
your vote for Judge Johnston today"
1 a -, h..
~ voted for Judge Johnston rs Il cOmpli-
mrnt to friend and neighbOr, and man
whom ! consider the peer in intelligence
and standing OF any man i'm the State. You
know the Judge is from my own county,
and merely desired to compliment him. y
What about the claim, | asked, that
certain parties are circulating that you
have bOlted the caucus nomination.
That Is very amusing 10 me, y he SAID,
'%lnd can't help but think they are try
iny to play Joke on me. | am a Demo-
cr,It from principle, and believe in the
doctrines Of that party, and therefore |
could do nothing less than vote with the
majority, and it is my desire to do so.
''Will you vote for Camden tomorrow
| asked.
''Yes. sir" replied Mr. Reynolds, 'and
every day rs long n his name is before the
Joint Assembly. | shall make an explain
alton in Joint Assembly tomorrow of my
vote to-day. Any story tO the effect that
have bolted or intend bolting the caucus
nomination is without word OF truth IN
lit"
The anti-caucus Democrats are going
through their list of fourteen, giving their
vote each day to one of that list.
Il Lucas, who is not ION the list" tailed
to receive the votes of several to-day.
General Price continues to stick 10 New
man.
=. The Republicans will vote for Governor
{ f. IT, PierpOnt for United States Senator
tomorrow.
THE PROHIBITION BILL
was made the special order for l0:3O this
morning but before that time Senator
Dawson moved to 20 into Committee of the
Whole on the license bill.
Mr.. Carr opposed the motion on the
ground that il would put of consideration
p of the LIQUOR bill. He said that the enc
mics of the bill were only attempting to
DELAY the matter and he for one did not
mopOse to give them another minutes
time, luAJ II lutg uANAu "ohN ~ '"'rNN NANA'
medicine they could remain sick.
The motion to go into committee on the
license bill was finally agreed TO upon an
understanding that the liquor bill would
be taken mp this afternoon.
In the Committee of the Whole the Sen
ate got on to the high license idea and
, raised the license on the sale of all kinds OF
liquors to nearly double what it now IS.
Senator McCallister moved 10 amend
the bill so As to tax druggists selling
t Iiouors five hundred dollars and the motion
= was pending when the Senate went into
? Joint assembly.
Mr.. GETTINGER's SUBSTITUTES.
The Senate took up the prohibition
Iliouor bill during the afternoon with the
substitute offered yesterday by Mr.. Get
5 finger. providing that license may be
= granted upon the petition Of fifty free
q holders and no more than one license to be
issued to sell at retail in any county fol
every 9, 500 inhabitants and not more than
: one license to sell at wholesale for every
q. 600. and fixing the license to retail at SIX
hundred dollars, to wholesale at three hun
, dred dollars.
Mr.. Gettinger said he offered the subSti'
tute in an earnest and sincere effort to bring
about a reconsideration of the differences
existing on this question; that it was an
extreme measure, but the subject was SC
important and the evil so great that he wa
willing to support extreme measures that
desperate evils required desperate RENE.
dies, that the substitute, however, was moi
80 extreme as the original bill and therefore
would be more effective in accomplishing
the object sought; that necessarily under
8 his substitute there can be but few licenses
: issued in any one locality. Forty odd eoun'
4 ties of the State under the existing law
5 have the right of local option and many
D of them refuse to issue license and there
e fore are not suffering to any extent for the